With his new album, Church In These Streets, out now, it’s only right Jeezy lands the cover of The Source. Taking the first of three special covers for their Holiday Issue, Pastor Young speaks on his brief stint in jail, #BlackLivesMatter, Seen It All, and of course, the new album.
Seen It All was a very introspective album where it seemed like you poured out your soul. What was your mindset this time around, recording Church In These Streets?
“Seen It All was more personal, it was more so like a lot of issues, a lot of things I was going through. Instead of writing them in my ‘diary’ I wrote it in an album. That was more of a ‘Jeezy album’, what I was going through at the time. This Church In These Streets is way different, man. I went through a situation while I was out in L.A. I was incarcerated and locked up for some things I had nothing to do with, and quite naturally all the charges were dropped. But while I was sitting in that cell which was about a week, it just really let me know how powerful my voice is and how much—how far it reaches, and who it speaks for. It was the first time since I’ve been successful that I had that much time to myself with nothing to do, because I had to just sit there and think.”
The second cover will be unveiled Monday, November 23rd. Stay tuned.
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